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PHIL ARNOLD
September 15, 1909 Philip Arnold was a prolific character actor born on September 15, 1909 in Hackensack, New Jersey. He appeared in approximately 200 films and television shows between 1938 and 1968 – in bit parts most of the time. Perhaps most famously, Arnold was a regular in the “Three Stooges” movies doing six films…
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JAY NOVELLO
August 22, 1904 Jay Novello was born Michael Romano in Chicago to Italaian-American parents. Novello began his 47-year acting career in the 1930s, performing on radio. Novello was limited mostly to bits in minor films, one of his notable being the officious Spanish consul in Frank Capra’s Pocketful of Miracles (1961). Novello’s first role as a…
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ELLEN CORBY
June 3, 1911 – April 14, 1999 Ellen Hansen Corby was born in Racine, Wisconsin, in 1911, just two months before Lucille Ball. An interest in amateur theater while in high school led her to Atlantic City in 1932, where she briefly worked as a chorus girl. A year later she moved to Hollywood. She spent…
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MADGE BLAKE
May 31, 1899 – February 19, 1969 Madge Blake (née Cummings) was best remembered for her roles as Margaret Mondello on “Leave It to Beaver”, Flora MacMichael on “The Real McCoys,” and Aunt Harriet Cooper on “Batman”. Born in Kansas just before the turn of the last century, her father discouraged her from becoming an actress, so…
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Lucy Meets Sheldon Leonard
S5;E22 ~ March 6, 1967 Synopsis Mr. Mooney allows TV producer Sheldon Leonard to film a hold-up scene at the bank. Lucy, trying earn a raise, thinks he is really a gangster and is determined to foil his robbery. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon (Theodore J. Mooney), Mary Jane Croft (Mary Jane…
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Lucy Gets Caught Up in the Draft
S5;E9 ~ November 14, 1966 Synopsis Lucy Carmichael gets an induction letter for a “Lou C” Carmichael telling her to report for military duty. While Mr. Mooney is trying to get it straightened out, a drill sergeant puts Lucy through the paces rather than ignore protocol. Regular Cast Lucille Ball (Lucy Carmichael), Gale Gordon…
Papermoon Loves Lucy 